References
A selection of projects designed with bocad
Structures range from steel halls, staircases, bridges, sports arenas and shopping centres to iconic
buildings. Each project has its own unique challenges and solutions.
Below is a selection of some of the interesting projects our customers have undertaken.
New railway bridge
Castielerviaduct
CUSTOMER
Schneider Stahlbau AG, Jona, Schweiz
Building owner: Rhätische Bahn
ADVANTAGES bocad
Georeferenced, import of coordinates and STEP files
CHALLENGES
The bridge is bolted so that the tolerances for welded longitudinal beams are ±1mm.
Difficult conditions on site (no road access, approx. 60m from the ground)
Bridge is being built next to the existing bridge and will be inserted later, requiring an assembly concept
2 weeks track possession (demolish old bridge, slide in new bridge, concreting work, lay tracks)
Sheet thicknesses from 3mm - 100mm
IBRB University of Warwick
CUSTOMER
WIEHAG Timber Construction
ADVANTAGES bocad
Georeferenced, import of coordinates and STEP files
CHALLENGES
Multi-storey timber construction in glulam skeleton construction with 5 storeys. The stairs over 13metres were a technical challenge.Thanks to the complete prefabrication, it was possible to realise fast assembly on the construction site.
Photovoltaic sails of the Cité Musicale on the Île Seguin (Paris)
CUSTOMER
Baudin-Chateauneuf
Building owner: Cité Musicale
ADVANTAGES bocad
The use of bocad software enabled the project to be erected without a hitch, the development of bent tubes with wolf's mouths, machine files for cutting the tubes, the generation of IFC files for a 3D BIM model and 3D DWG files for interaction with other trades.
CHALLENGES
Construction of a motorised sail with photovoltaic panels (2x 850 m²) consisting of 2 three-dimensional, tubular structures that are symmetrically coupled together. The height is 40 m, the length at the base: 22 m each, the weight of the frame 150 tonnes. The complex modelling, fabrication and assembly was challenging given the project geometry and the loads imposed by the moving structures. bocad was helpful for the development of the bent tubes, wolfmouths and machine files for cutting tubes, interfacing in IFC or DWG 3D format with other building trades.
Neumayer III Polar Research Centre of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Atka Bay in the Antarctic
CUSTOMER
WURST Stahlbau GmbH
Building owner: Alfred-Wegener-Institut
ADVANTAGES bocad
100 per cent planning
CHALLENGES
For the location in the Antarctic, 100 per cent planning and construction across all interfaces as well as simple and clean subdivision into construction sections and subsystems were crucial. Unloading the shipping container took 40 days, and there is no hardware store there where you can buy the missing screws.
